Category: General

Test Plan Automation Through SQL Verification

May 9, 2013 by Marcus Tettmar in General, Testing

Our good friend Antonius Momac just emailed me to tell me about this video he has put together on automating test plans with SQL verification: Macro Scheduler users will probably recognise that Antonius is using Macro Scheduler to drive these tests [ keep an eye out for the Macro Scheduler icons and custom dialogs 🙂 […]

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Automating Ubuntu Desktop

March 14, 2013 by Marcus Tettmar in General

Here’s a quick video showing how easy it is to use Macro Scheduler‘s image recognition to control a Linux Desktop (Ubuntu in this case):

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Why Don’t People Backup?

January 21, 2013 by Marcus Tettmar in General

Every now and then someone will email us to let us know that they have overwritten one of their important scripts and now need to recover their old work. They write asking what we can do about it. Well. Not much really. If the script wasn’t backed up and has been changed we can’t somehow […]

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Snow!

January 18, 2013 by Marcus Tettmar in General

Heaps of snow here this morning. Will be working from home today! My home office looks more like Santa’s Grotto:

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Macro Scheduler Crossword

December 11, 2012 by Marcus Tettmar in Announcements, General

For a bit of fun this holiday try out our cryptic crossword.  Solve the clues to find Macro Scheduler functions and names of some of our regular forum users. There are 10 MJT Gearhead mugs up for grabs for the first 10 correct entries. If you get stuck keep an eye on our Facebook page […]

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Amazon Timetravel 1.0

October 18, 2012 by Marcus Tettmar in General

Gotta love Amazon. Received the following in an email today 18th October. I have removed identifying info. Emphasis mine: date: 18 October 2012 11:53 subject: Your Amazon.co.uk Enquiry I’m sorry to hear that you haven’t received your order ############# yet. I’ve checked and can see that it was sent via DPD_24_PRIME to the following address: […]

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Why does my macro stop working when Windows is locked/logged out?

June 21, 2012 by Marcus Tettmar in General

Despite our FAQs we get asked a version of the following question at least once a week: “I just wrote my first macro with Macro Scheduler and it works great but if I lock Windows it stops working, is this a limitation of the trial version”. My most recent answer to this was as follows: […]

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Calling All Freelance Macro Scheduler Developers

June 13, 2012 by Marcus Tettmar in General

We have a growing list of freelance script developers which we draw from whenever we receive a request for local assistance. If you are a freelance script developer and would like to be considered for potential projects please drop me a line with your details and a summary of your experience so that we can […]

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Macro Scheduler and 64 Bit Windows

March 7, 2012 by Marcus Tettmar in General

Every now and then someone asks whether Macro Scheduler works on 64 bit Windows and if there are any implications. Another question that comes up very occasionally is “Why no 64 bit build of Macro Scheduler?” Well, first of all, yes, Macro Scheduler runs on 64 bit versions of Windows and it can control and […]

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How to get a Porsche 911 for the Price of a Honda Civic

November 22, 2011 by Marcus Tettmar in General

Just had to share this great feedback received from Antonius Momac of TriplePoint Technologies who has given me permission to share: Time to fess up; I haven’t upgraded since version 10, and that’s because 10 is THAT good, but I wanted to take advantage of Easy patterns, and the New Event functions. WOW!!! I can’t […]

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